[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts":3,"chapter-i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-398":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1865429,2473,"Chapter 398 - 297: The Forty-Fourth Missing Person","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-398",398,"\u003Cp>\"Xiao Han, when it comes to combat ability, you might be above me, but when it comes to understanding artifacts, I can only say, there’s a deep ocean here, and you can’t handle it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Dachui carefully scrutinized the fragment of the antique artifact in his hand and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, let’s look at the material. This material is not any known material on Blue Star.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then there’s the energy circuit engraved inside it, which is different from the current common spiritual energy circuits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look here, it’s designed with an embedded slot, about the size of a coin, it should be for launching projectiles, so in my view, this is a projectile-type artifact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An expert can tell at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Dachui indeed lived up to being an Artifact Refining Master. Even though he’d never seen such an antique artifact before, he could still deduce so much from a fragment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are there so many fine lines?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They should be for extending energy channels, and can also control something at the front... I understand now, this is a Yan Soldier!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Soldiers also exist on Blue Star, but the methods of using them are quite different from this antique artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Dong Dachui’s words, Han Zhan asked, \"Uncle Dong, you really can’t repair this artifact?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Dachui blew out his mustache and glared at Han Zhan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn’t I say already, no!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if I could replicate its spiritual energy circuit, and succeed, its one-piece material has been damaged, even the master who made it couldn’t repair it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can’t be repaired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving Dong Dachui’s repeated negative answer, Han Zhan sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Yan Soldier Sword Box was still pretty good to use, if repaired, it could be a great artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From your tone, is there really someone who can use this antique artifact?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Shen Zheqi asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving Han Zhan’s affirmative answer, his black-rimmed eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is that person now, I need to find him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Zheqi was so excited because they had also found many such antique artifacts during their explorations of ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because they couldn’t be used, they had been left to gather dust in the warehouse, only to be displayed as antiques for viewing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there really was someone who could successfully use these antique artifacts, it would be an absolutely valuable \"treasure\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan repeated the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I also want to know, where he is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chunhai City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where there’s the Black Dance Hall, there’s the Black Casino.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern County Celestial Net, due to underlying logic reasons, isn’t allowed to infiltrate private venues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Nine Ultimate Lin Jingxuan and his Heaven and Earth Array were more for repelling external foes than preventing internal decay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Black Casino, it’s a den of smoke and chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are gamblers who’ve lost red-eyed, dragged aside like dead dogs, being punched and kicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And wealthy individuals with capital sitting with women on both arms, scantily clad ladies calling them brother, making them beam with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more of them, just ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They don’t want to strive, only hoping to get rich overnight, gaining wealth without effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hancheng is one of those people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used to be under Shen Zheqi’s Third War Zone, a captain of an exploration team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to an accident in the Northern Ruins, his entire right hand was severed, permanently losing his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Contracted Spirit also died completely saving him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hancheng lived in Sanatorium No.3, passing his days in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After his injuries healed, he left the sanatorium with a sum of compensation but had nowhere to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his Contracted Spirit gone and only his left hand remaining, he completely lost the qualification to continue exploring ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hancheng bought a house in Chunhai City, settling here, and by chance, he discovered the existence of the Black Casino.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, he was utterly unable to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He invested all his remaining compensation money into it, and when the compensation wasn’t enough, he sold his house, living and eating there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, luck seemed to be on Zhao Hancheng’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to be the banker and swept the floor all around, not only winning back everything he’d lost before but also having a significant surplus!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hancheng excitedly used his only left hand to gather the enormous amount of chips in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quit while you’re ahead! Quit while you’re ahead!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With this amount of money, I can buy a bigger house and marry a pretty ordinary woman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to have three children, all of them will go to the Third War Zone, to inherit their father’s mantle and explore ruins!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hancheng happily planned his future while converting all his chips into wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He patted the \"wealth\" he put into his pocket and decided to first go to the restroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the restroom, Zhao Hancheng was loosening his belt, humming a cheerful tune, and relieving himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up, and a bone-chilling cold swept straight to his brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hancheng reacted extremely swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without having time to pull up his pants, he quickly crouched down and spun around to deliver a full-force punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he used his left hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Zhao Hancheng had lost his right hand, his strength was still at Tier Five, and the combat instinct of a Combat Spirit Contract Master was not to be underestimated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, plotting to rob the robber, huh? I knew you guys were going to do something like this, so I’ve been on guard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While speaking, Zhao Hancheng peed all over himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as one of the former members exploring ruins, such filth was nothing to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hancheng’s punch was delivered with full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of the punch was extremely fast, nearly on par with when he was at his peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when he thought his punch could easily knock down the ambusher, an unexpected situation occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hancheng’s fist hit a black shadow, but in the next second, the black shadow dissipated into a puff of smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clap, clap, clap!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rhythmic applause sounded from the other side, a figure in a black hood appeared out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As expected of the exploration ace of the former Third War Zone; even with only one hand left and being out of training for so long, your reaction speed is still this quick.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While speaking, the black hood was removed, revealing the true face hidden within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s you?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Hancheng squinted his eyes, recognizing the person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meng Xiaobei, didn’t expect it to be you to strike. When did you fall to being a henchman for the Black Casino?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Henchman?\" Meng Xiaobei chuckled, \"No, you’re wrong, I’m not a henchman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m here to take your life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Meng Xiaobei finished speaking, he casually tossed three black dice onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the three dice hit the floor, they transformed into three black shadows, each two meters high, holding long scythes, moving toward Zhao Hancheng to encircle him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Xiaobei looked at the frame that appeared in his hand out of thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the frame was a bizarre and twisted oil painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was divided into forty-six pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forty-three pieces had already been painted anew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Xiaobei said indifferently, \"The forty-fourth piece.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1228,"2026-06-10T05:31:13.179Z",1,"novelbin.me","3b63cecd5bb80fb74188aacf0ccea688459c0a4fc62e638dc27ba8e65e584f29","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-399","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-397",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-cover.jpg"]